Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched two Iskander-M missiles and 128 attack drones overnight, with 91 drones shot down or suppressed and strikes recorded at multiple sites.
- Ukrainian forces reported 216 combat engagements on Nov. 16 and said they repelled 75 assaults in the Pokrovsk sector, with intense clashes also in Kostiantynivka and along southern axes.
- A missile strike on Balakliia in Kharkiv region killed at least three people and injured at least 10, officials said, while attacks in Kherson and Chernihiv damaged infrastructure and caused additional civilian casualties and power outages.
- Kyiv said its forces struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, reporting explosions and a large fire; the regional governor claimed drones were downed and debris caused a blaze.
- After talks in Paris, Kyiv announced a declaration enabling procurement from French industry that Ukraine says will include Rafale fighter jets and additional SAMP/T air-defense systems.